And David's Lips are lock't; but in...

And David's Lips are lock't; but in divine
High piping Péhlevi, with "Wine! Wine! Wine! 
"Red Wine!" -- the Nightingale cries to the Rose
That [yellow]1 Cheek of hers to incarnadine.

by Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) , from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, no. 6, first edition, published 1859

a text in Persian by Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048-c1122) [text unavailable]

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